Arnold Brown and Viv Gee to be honoured at inaugural Scottish Comedy Awards.

Two of Scotland’s the most influential comedians; Arnold Brown and Viv Gee, will be honoured by their peers this Monday evening at the inaugural Scottish Comedy Awards in Glasgow’s Blythswood Hotel on Monday 31st March 2014 at 7pm.

All comedians and comedy people of Scotland are most welcome to join us at the event.

Arnold Brown will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award whilst Viv Gee will receive the award for Outstanding Contribution To Comedy.

Arnold Brown was on stage at the opening night of the Comedy Store in 1979. A founder member of the “Comic Strip”, he had cameos in TV shows like “The Young Ones”, in indie films and even supported Frank Sinatra at Ibrox stadium. He won the Perrier Award for Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe and has often been referred to as “the comedian’s comedian”.

For almost two decades comedian and poet Viv Gee has tutored many new comics at Strathclyde University’s Centre for Life Long Learning. Alumi include many Scottish Comedy circuit stalwarts including; Des Clarke, Des McLean, Jim Muir, Mark Nelson and Billy Kirkwood.

The full list of nominees and categories is below. The votes have been counted, double checked and triple checked.

Stephen Dick
Phil Differ
Keir McAllister
How Do I Get Up There
Ian Pattinson

Best Festival or Tour Show

Daniel Sloss: Stand Up
Scott Agnew: Tales of the Sauna
Gary Little: The Thing Is
Richard Gadd: Cheese and Crack Whores
Bruce Fummey: Gaelic in the Afternoon
Raymond Mearns: Waking Up to Myself
Keir McAllister & Vladimir McTavish: Look at the state of

Best Sketch / Improv group

How Do I Get Up There
Stu & Gary
Broken Windows Policy
Greater Shawlands Republic
The Colour Ham
Ginge, Geordie & The Geek